[Reuters] U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday that close to 2 million children are at risk of starving to death as the Horn of Africa faces one of its worst droughts in decades.

We're starting to believe starvation was meant for us," she says ... "At the United Nations, we have a programme for the Horn of Africa, which includes Kenya, precisely for these needs," he ...

The four counties at the alert phase of drought are Garissa, Kilifi, Kwale, and Tana River, while the counties with cases of malnutrition include Baringo, Turkana, Kitui, Laikipia, Lamu, Makueni, and ...

Terrorism in the Horn of Africa poses a significant threat to regional stability, economic development, and peace efforts. Collaborative regional and international efforts are critical for ...

Famine was declared in February 2017 in South Sudan, where some 100,000 people are facing starvation and a million more are on the brink ... And the last time this happened, six years ago in the Horn ...

It is estimated that more than US$400 million was claimed in ransoms for pirate acts between April 2005 and December 2012. 179 ships were hijacked off the coast of Somalia and the Horn of Africa ...